Saturday, November 11, 2006
Yoga: November 11, 2006
Personal Athletics
Yoga
Not much to report; this week saw me getting three short weight sessions, 4 yoga sessions, three 1-mile swims, 4 two mile runs on the treadmill, 1 three miler on the treadmill, and 4 bicycle rides (21, 12, 12, 33 miles). Two of my workouts were "bricks" (bike then run). My injury continues to heal at a very slow pace.
Yoga
Yesterday, my teacher and I had our partner yoga workshop (30 minute session). It went reasonably well, though we did only a few of the things that we had practiced.
I've detailed some of our progress in these entries:
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/partner-yoga-harder-than-it-looks.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/06/partner-yoga-in-works.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/partner-yoga-day-two.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/yoga-class-i-prefer-to-be-touched-and.html
The partner yoga session followed two other thirty minute sessions, which were "gentle yoga" and "yoga for runners".
The highlight for me though was the night before where Vickie and I had a run-through at her house. I won't get into details (and no, there are no "steamy" details as I am married) but it was different to see her with her "hair down" so to speak.
Having fun with other yogis is all part of it, as far as I am concerned!
In my own individual practice, I had one mini-break-through: I was able to get one leg "up" (vertical) while in backbend.
No, I didn't look that good. And speaking of looking good: the woman in these photos is a BABE! She is pretty strong and flexible as well.
No, I won't tell you everything that I am thinking about here...or here...
I still haven't done a handstand of any sort as yet, though I can hold peacock feather for longer.
Toughest Sports?I've detailed some of our progress in these entries:
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/partner-yoga-harder-than-it-looks.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/06/partner-yoga-in-works.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/partner-yoga-day-two.html
http://ollieyoga.blogspot.com/2006/07/yoga-class-i-prefer-to-be-touched-and.html
The partner yoga session followed two other thirty minute sessions, which were "gentle yoga" and "yoga for runners".
The highlight for me though was the night before where Vickie and I had a run-through at her house. I won't get into details (and no, there are no "steamy" details as I am married) but it was different to see her with her "hair down" so to speak.
Having fun with other yogis is all part of it, as far as I am concerned!
In my own individual practice, I had one mini-break-through: I was able to get one leg "up" (vertical) while in backbend.
No, I didn't look that good. And speaking of looking good: the woman in these photos is a BABE! She is pretty strong and flexible as well.
No, I won't tell you everything that I am thinking about here...or here...
I still haven't done a handstand of any sort as yet, though I can hold peacock feather for longer.
Ok, so you think you are good at yoga?
Check out the photos here:
http://www.limbermen.com/YogaChamps/index_menu.html
(this is the yoga asana championship gallery at http://www.limbermen.com, which is a site devoted to showing that men can be limber.)
Now for some comic relief. The following You-tube shows a yogi taking on some kung-fu types. The video is 9 and a half minutes long and is in French. But it is really funny and shows some outstanding yoga moves.
http://www.limbermen.com/YogaChamps/index_menu.html
(this is the yoga asana championship gallery at http://www.limbermen.com, which is a site devoted to showing that men can be limber.)
Now for some comic relief. The following You-tube shows a yogi taking on some kung-fu types. The video is 9 and a half minutes long and is in French. But it is really funny and shows some outstanding yoga moves.
Ok, so what is the toughest sport to play? When this question was asked on the Illinois Valley Strider Forum, (and we were limited to individual sports), I responed "boxing", as boxing requires: power, toughness, quickness, endurance, ability to endure pain and strategy. Evidently, some experts agreed with me.
See the following article from ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills.
See the following article from ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills.
